Opinion - Snoqualmie Valley Recordhttp://www.valleyrecord.com/opinionRSS Feed for Opinion - Snoqualmie Valley Recorden-ussvropinionhttps://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Live.comBallot-box blues: What’s a voter to do?http://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/svropinion/~3/m7_ctm8tb6c/399542981.htmlEvery year, when my ballot appears in my mailbox, I feel a little pang of loss. It reminds me that I don’t get to vote in person any more, don’t get to go into the church basement, and chat with the election volunteers, don’t get to find out if the trick for finding my name in the voter list — the second one after all the Andersons — still works, don’t get to watch as the ballot box whooshes my marked ballot back and down into the “vault” in the bottom.<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/svropinion/~4/m7_ctm8tb6c" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://www.valleyrecord.com/opinion/399542981.htmlOpinion: Welcome to the Snoqualmie Valleyhttp://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/svropinion/~3/SQvYMfWB6Fo/381115431.htmlThis week, we present our annual Visitor's Guide, a collection of maps, photos and information that tourists can use to orient themselves in the Valley and find their way to the area's big attractions.<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/svropinion/~4/SQvYMfWB6Fo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://www.valleyrecord.com/opinion/381115431.htmlGreen is the new orange: How to have an eco-friendly Octoberhttp://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/svropinion/~3/W6P9oV7joco/397920581.htmlA monthly column about the world of recycling, diversion and sustainability seen through the eyes of Michelle Metzler, Waste Management, Public Education and Outreach<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/svropinion/~4/W6P9oV7joco" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://www.valleyrecord.com/opinion/397920581.htmlTaking an election vacationhttp://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/svropinion/~3/ZHRWRrQFn4A/397092261.htmlLast year when every Valley city had council races and most other local government entities did too, emotions were running high and a lot of people spoke without thinking, which was especially unwise in this age of mistakes living on indefinitely, courtesy of social media. I announced then that I would be taking vacation the entire month of October this year, because I knew, with national races on the ballot, that things would only get worse this year.<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/svropinion/~4/ZHRWRrQFn4A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://www.valleyrecord.com/opinion/397092261.htmlCensorship is alive and well in 2016: Banned Books Week, Sept. 25 is Oct. 1, is a celebration of intellectual freedomhttp://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/svropinion/~3/oYqqTqmL0_g/396306511.htmlI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. To Kill a Mockingbird. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone&#8230;<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/svropinion/~4/oYqqTqmL0_g" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://www.valleyrecord.com/opinion/396306511.htmlDon’t forget about local issues this Novemberhttp://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/svropinion/~3/sB0J_rNZeP8/395290651.htmlAs we get closer to election day, media coverage of national politics is getting more intense. As November approaches, the circus of national politics continues on in full force.<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/svropinion/~4/sB0J_rNZeP8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://www.valleyrecord.com/opinion/395290651.htmlThe time to worry about a government shutdown is before votinghttp://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/svropinion/~3/9tTrHzdlILI/394579921.htmlBy Don C. Brunell<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/svropinion/~4/9tTrHzdlILI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://www.valleyrecord.com/opinion/394579921.htmlStepping up sustainability for the new school year is easyhttp://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/svropinion/~3/aeKdI593QfE/393699451.htmlBy Michelle Metzler<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/svropinion/~4/aeKdI593QfE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://www.valleyrecord.com/opinion/393699451.htmlGuest column: Being good neighbors is a cultural valuehttp://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/svropinion/~3/HOh6WGj7zRA/392887251.htmlSubmitted by Snoqualmie Tribal Council<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/svropinion/~4/HOh6WGj7zRA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://www.valleyrecord.com/opinion/392887251.htmlOpinion: What’s a summer vacation, again?http://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/svropinion/~3/D8kTY4i6hts/392887161.htmlVacations are never long enough, in my opinion, and that is especially true of summer vacation. I vaguely remember liking school as a kid, but not the start of it each year.<div class="feedflare">
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